50-33, 19-21 Away

Final

35-52, 19-24 Home

Tampa Bay Rays @ Kansas City Royals

hitters	H-AB	R	HR	RBI	AVG
Y. DiazDH	0-5	0	0	0	.329
J. Aranda1B	2-3	1	0	0	.294
J. Caminero3B	1-4	1	1	2	.293
V. Mesa Jr.RF	1-4	1	0	0	.200
C. SimpsonLF	2-4	0	0	0	.271
C. MullinsCF	2-4	1	1	2	.212
T. WallsSS	3-4	0	0	0	.231
R. Palacios2B	0-4	0	0	0	.225
H. FeducciaC	0-2	0	0	0	.218
N. FortesPH-C	0-2	0	0	0	.254

pitchers	IP	H	BB	K	PC-ST	ERA
S. McClanahan	6.0	3	0	4	69-49	3.05
C. Sulser	1.0	1	0	2	17-14	5.30
G. Cleavinger	0.2	1	1	1	18-11	4.30
K. Kelly	1.1	1	0	0	7-6	2.52

According to ESPN Analytics

Hits

Home Runs

Total Bases

Runners LOB

Kauffman Stadium

7:40 PM, July 1, 2026Coverage: MLB.TV

Kansas City, Missouri

Attendance: 13,798

Game Time:2:11

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Junior Valentine
First Base Umpire - Austin Jones
Second Base Umpire - Scott Barry
Third Base Umpire - Jordan Baker

Junior Caminero homers in 6th straight game to lead Rays to 7th win in a row

— Junior Caminero homered in his sixth straight game to match the Tampa Bay record, hitting a two-run shot in the first first inning to help the Rays beat the Kansas City Royals 4-0 on Wednesday night for their seventh victory in a row.

Jul 1, 2026, 10:21 pm - AP


TB
KC

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	4	11	2
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0

Scoring Summary

		TB
1st	Caminero homered to left (425 feet), Aranda scored.	2
6th	Mullins homered to right (387 feet).	3
8th	Mullins singled to right, Mesa Jr. scored, Mullins to second.	4

Data is currently unavailable.

OpenMLTotalRL

Tampa Bay RaysRaysTB

(50-33)

(50-33, 19-21 Away)

(50-33)

Shane McClanahan

(10-7, 3.36)

-143

Kansas City RoyalsRoyalsKC

(35-52)

(35-52, 19-24 Home)

(35-52)

Seth Lugo

(7-9, 5.17)

u10.5

-114

Rays
10
Royals
4

Game 1

6/30

Rays
4
Royals
0

Game 2

7/1

Rays
5
Royals
2

Game 3

7/2

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Tampa Bay	98	64	.605	-	L1
New York	93	68	.578	4.5	W1
Boston	87	75	.537	11	L1
Baltimore	79	82	.491	18.5	L1
Toronto	79	83	.488	19	W1

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Cleveland	85	77	.525	-	L1
Chicago	84	78	.519	1	W1
Minnesota	77	85	.475	8	W1
Detroit	76	86	.469	9	L1
Kansas City	69	93	.426	16	W1

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Tampa Bay Rays @ Kansas City Royals

Junior Caminero homers in 6th straight game to lead Rays to 7th win in a row

S. McClanahan7-5

S. Lugo3-6

K. Kelly4

Inning